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| Bill | Owner of a servient estate; reasonable rules of use for easement. | Owner of a servient estate; reasonable rules of use for easement. Provides that an owner of a servient estate upon which an easement lies may establish reasonable rules of use of such easement, including establishing a reasonable speed limit. The bill further provides that a servient estate owner may bring a civil action against someone in violation of such reasonable rules and may recover actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney fees and costs and may seek injunctive relief. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 733 | Virginia HB 733 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 733 (2026) — Owner of a servient estate; reasonable rules of use for easement.
Owner of a servient estate; reasonable rules of use for easement. Provides that an owner of a servient estate upon which an easement lies may establish reasonable rules of use of such easement, including establishing a reasonable speed limit. The bill further provides that a servient estate owner may bring a civil action against someone in violation of such reasonable rules and may recover actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney fees and costs and may seek injunctive relief.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Civil Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105001D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-09 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-11 Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB733ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a517a9e-7e8a-4364-81d3-f31c1bce263c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).